I began writing in 1979 for my high school paper, and just found it fascinating. Over the years during my military tour, I kind of lost track of that, but in 2009 began again and now have 7 full length novels to my credit.

Amazing Grace is the story of a career combat Marine Matt Bowen, who after recovering from extensive wounds in Afghanistan returns to the states and is found to have advanced pancreatic cancer. His father is by his side the entire time, and during his surgical recovery makes friends with a wonderful and charming ICU nurse and her family.

Actually, my father, who was considered a Renaissance man by many due to his artistic abilities in art, music, and literature, and a highly intelligent mind, inspired me to write a few years before he passed away.

My latest and current project is my first Western novel, which I'm writing to encompass literally every genre over the past 20 years. It involves a common Western story theme, featuring a gunslinger, simple town folk, a family living on a small ranch, and evil-doers in the form of a land grabber, his hired guns, and a secret plan to control the entire region, possibly even the world.

I originally used it as a way of getting all my thoughts down on paper so I didn't miss anything with work. It was only after a while that I discovered I had a knack for expanding my notes into legible script, which I'd turn into amusing anecdotes that others liked to hear. From there, it just became a natural step to move onto larger things.

Who knew a career in the police force would lead to a best-selling novel? Former Police Officer Kathryn West talks about her life, career and dangers met every day for officers on the thin blue line. From the Tavistock Square bombing to Grenfell Tower, her first-hand experience talks candidly of chilling tales and memorable moments of life on the beat during her 30 years in the MET. No lies. Just truth. A spine-tingling tale of dedication and bravery on the cold streets of London.

I've always been a storyteller of sorts. When I was young, all of my toy soldiers and stuffed animals had backstories. Most often, however, I told these stories with pictures because I wanted to be an artist. While I was studying art and psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, an advisor suggested I enroll in the Reynolds School of Journalism because they had a program with an emphasis in advertising. Instead of graphic design, the program focused on writing articles and advertising copy for print ads, television commercials, etc. Since graduating, I've been a commercial writer for over 35 years. Five years or so ago, I finally found a way to prioritize writing fiction like I would any other deadline I had on my desk. I set out to write 50 short stories in 50 weeks. The project became my debut book, "50 States," which won four literary awards and became a literary short story best seller.

My latest novel, "Born on Monday," will be released this Oct. 21. It's a gripping tale of resilience, moral ambiguity, and small-town sins — a literary thriller where three lives collide in a desperate fight for survival while truth becomes a casualty and redemption carries a cost. The story follows Billy Stevens, a quarry worker haunted by loss, is drawn into a web of betrayal when a brutal crime pins him as a suspect; Jessica Michaud, who returns to care for her ailing mother, only to find herself hunted by a vengeful ex whose chilling threats awaken old wounds; and journalist Andrea Kearney digs into a local dynasty’s corruption as the storm’s fury mirrors the rising tide of violence. The three of them must come to terms with past and present threats while a historic nor’easter descends on Augusta, Maine.

I have always has a passion for reading and have felt an overwhelming call to start writing. I began nearly ten years ago but just recently decided to start sharing my stories.

My most recent book is called Indigo 5 and falls into the SciFi genre, but is truly more of a drama that takes place in this futuristic world. It is about a man who suffers trauma after trauma and is desperate to escape his pain, only to find that it does not matter how far he runs, his pain follows him.

In 2016, I purchased a used bookstore that I renovated into a new and used bookstore with a coffee shop. It became a third place in our community. I have a great friend who is also an author, editor who I asked to do a Writers Workshop for me at the store. She agreed but only if I would take the workshop. I didn't see the benefit but did it anyway only to find out I enjoyed it. She said after one of my assignments that I should really continue to write the story because it was very good. So I did. I've always been a reader since I was very young.

The day hot-headed Abby Carter’s heart returns to its normal rhythm when the Leading Ladies (her ride-or-die friends) tell her she’s done the right thing. She just blew up her carefully curated life in Chicago. She quit her job. Come home to Logan’s Creek, they tell her, where they’re all waiting. Her spirits lift; she is, after all, a small-town girl, and the big city has worn her down. But then she remembers she hasn’t told her laidback boyfriend (no labels) Ian. Then there is her first love, Josh who she runs into after she moves back home. .Josh is running for mayor. Abby needs a job, so the two make a deal. Abby will run his campaign. A win/win, right? Not so fast. The current mayor is as crooked as a corkscrew and is willing to do anything to win. If that means undermining Josh and threatening Abby to step away from the campaign, then so be it. In the meantime, Ian decides Abby means more to him than he realized. And maybe, just maybe, their casual arrangement wasn’t the best idea. He shows up in Logan’s Creek, intent on winning her back. He may even be willing to commit. Stranger things have happened. But then there is the old Mayor Thornton. He’s ready to take on Josh running against him and plans on winning. Regardless of the cost to Logan’s Creek.

I think from the moment I could read stories I began to write my own. I have always been a loner and would disappear into the woods or a hiding place and scribble down stories. Even when I was in the army, my colleagues would go out on the town and I'd stay in barracks jotting down stories.

Original Earth is an unlimited science fiction series about a girl growing up in the jungle of an alien planet. Anu is eight when the spaceship crash lands. Her mother dies due to the crash and her father goes in search of help. Anu is left alone with her five-year-old brother. The siblings are raised by a species of ape called the mantou. Anu befriends many other animals, including dolphins in the sea. When she's fifteen, she meets a alien woman called Sonri. Then she is reconnected with her father who had been held prisoner in a human community. Sonri's people, the phen, consider the planet as a sanctuary for animals humans have made extinct on their own planet, so the story builds to a confrontation. Book two is about Sonri sharing technology with Anu and their growing relationship and the human community struggle to make sense of their new environment. Book three is about Anu and Sonri experiencing other planets and the human community fracturing as they begin to pull in different directions. In book four, Anu and Sonri return to Original Earth and there will be a book five, six, seven and eight etcetera.

My sister said I'd make a good storyteller. Bringing up my daughter on my own I created stories around unusual records I had inspired by Peer Gynt. With retiring I decided the time was right to test the waters.

My latest two novels was a move to the crime genre. Being an ex-Policeman I decided to research the early days of Policing starting in the 17th century Covent Garden. I spent over 12 months researching the period from every angle. As with all my books I want them to be authentic with the period. The stories are based in Covent Garden and revolve around Malachi's origins. His father James Bentley is a multi talented and respected businessman and conman, but he harbours an evil side abusing women despite his own origins in the back streets of Covent Garden. In trying to seduce the daughter of a business sponsor he is thwarted by a maid resulting in her dismissal. The maid is abducted, raped, and abandoned to James Bentley's brothel grin by an ex partner in Covent Garden. The maid dies giving birth to Malachi and one of the nymph's is given the task of disposing of him. Unable to do so she leaves him in St Pauls Church. A home is found by the pastor. As Malachi grows he crosses paths unknowingly with his father who is undergoing a major change in character due to finding and falling in love with the domestically abused wife of a potential marker in his deceptions. Coming of age at 16 Malachi is told the truth of his origins. Working as a clerk to De Ville the first Bow Street Magistrate he sets out to bring his father to justice.

I think I've always had a vivid imagination and keeping it all inside was just too overwhelming.

My latest book is a historical fiction novel set in Colorado in the 1880s during the silver boom, which led to a railroad boom, so to speak. It's about the restlessness of youth. Leaving what is comfortable and confining for something exciting and liberating. What usually happens is that as we feel the force of the "exciting and liberating" world, we begin to long for that which is comfortable and confining. You'll have to read the book to see how that plays out.

I was deciphering a lot of secret knowledge and was experiencing a lot of unusual events, so I contemplated what would be the best way to record and document these things, and decided that was a book.

Yes, my latest book is called 'The Movement - Illumination Of The World' and the Foreword is a world first, written by one of the most advanced minds the world has ever seen, and I will leave that there as a tease!